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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ironically holistic admissions developed in the early 20th century at elite American universities, particularly at Harvard and Columbia, partly in response to the growing number of Jewish and Catholic students entering these traditionally WASP institutions at rates that the traditional American aristocracy viewed as a threat to their power. During this time, the percentage of Jewish students at Harvard exceeded 20%, and at Columbia 40%. So Ivy League deans decided to adopt a more holistic approach to admissions that emphasized traits like legacy, athleticism, character, and other non-academic traits partly as a way to justify admitting more "traditional" (i.e. WASP) applicants over Jewish and Catholic students. Some schools even asked applicants to list their mother's maiden names, and provide photographs in order to filter out which applicants were Jewish. Even after the end of the Jewish quotas in the 1950s, this system carried over into the present. It's a bit shocking that universities continue to practice holistic admissions since its origins are blatantly racist and anti-Semitic. [/quote]
This is America. We utilize systems that are historically racist and unfair for good all the time. It’s kinda our specialty.[/quote]

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